Richmond Community High, part of the Richmond City Public Schools district, is located in Richmond, Virginia. The school reports enrolling 240 students in grades nine through 12, and it has 19 teachers on staff.

Richmond Community High is below both the state and district averages in terms of the percentage of its students who are eligible for free or reduced-price lunches. On average, 32 percent of students in Virginia are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch programs, while 31 percent of Richmond Community High students are eligible. At the district level, 67 percent are eligible.

ProPublica's analysis found that all too often, states and schools provide poor students fewer educational programs like Advanced Placement, gifted and talented programs, and advanced math and science classes. Studies have linked participation in these programs with better outcomes later in life. Our analysis uses free and reduced-price lunch to estimate poverty at schools. We based our findings on the most comprehensive data set of access to advanced classes and special programs in U.S. public schools — known as the Civil Rights Data Set— released by the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights.

Richmond Community High offers 11 AP courses, and 27 percent of students participate in those classes.

Richmond Community High has an enrollment rate of 35 percent for math classes, and 12 percent of students take chemistry. The enrollment rate for physics at the school is 6 percent, and the gifted and talented program has a participation rate of 98 percent.

Armstrong High School, also in Richmond, Va., is a higher-poverty school than Richmond Community High, with 65 percent of its students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The school offers nine AP courses, and 4 percent of students are enrolled in those courses.

These data points were reported by schools and districts to the Office for Civil Rights. For more information about the data, see our full methodology.

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